Key crops are focus of farming research
Farmers could be helped to grow crops more sustainably, thanks to research involving scientists at the University of Edinburgh.
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How strong is the gravity on Mars?
The planets Earth and Mars have few things in common. Both planets have roughly the same amount of land surface area, sustained polar caps, and both have a similar tilt in their rotational axes, affording each of them strong ...
Space Exploration
Dec 19, 2016
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Salty oceans can forecast rain on land
At this week's American Geophysical Union meeting, a team of researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) presented their latest research findings on the long-range predictions of rainfall on land. Their ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2016
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How plants decide that it is time to flower
When spring is approaching, how do plants decide that it is time to flower? A team of plant scientists led by KWAK June M. at the Center for Plant Aging Research, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) unravelled a ...
Biotechnology
Dec 19, 2016
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A stabilisation pond system in Namibia increases yields
What is a simple way to upgrade wastewater stabilisation pond systems in Africa so that the water can be reused for animal fodder production? Under the direction of Technische Universität Darmstadt, the joint project "EPoNa ...
Environment
Dec 19, 2016
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Awesome Atlas delivers next-gen high-speed Echostar 19 internet sat to orbit for America
Awesome Atlas delivers next gen high speed Echostar 19 internet sat to orbit for America
Space Exploration
Dec 19, 2016
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Is NASA going to Mars? Or the Moon? Or nowhere?
Let's take a deep hopeful breath and look forward, shall we? People have discovered that it's pretty difficult to move to Canada. So there's a lot of talk about going to Mars.
Space Exploration
Dec 19, 2016
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Clownfish adapt for population survival
Identification of candidate pathways in clownfish shows they can control responses to population alterations.
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2016
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Black hole aligns with sun and CERN telescope
Yesterday, 18 December 2016, the sun aligned with the centre of our galaxy to allow a pioneering experiment to take place at CERN.
Dec 19, 2016
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Lessons from the Aliso Canyon leak
The Aliso Canyon leak, which began on October 23, 2015 at a SoCalGas natural gas storage facility and took nearly four months to plug, was one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history, triggering the evacuation ...
Environment
Dec 19, 2016
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